Ethernet Default Con Guration; Usb And Rs232C Default Settings - NEC Express5800/ftServer Administrator's Manual

The installation process creates a disk drive RAID array, pairing sda and sdd drives as
a mirrored set that holds the entire installed Linux software distribution and Express
Builder. On this mirrored drive set, the GRUB bootloader on the master boot record at
track 0 makes both drives in the set bootable using GRUB configuration data stored in
the /boot partition. Storage is allocated as shown in
The /boot directory is installed as an ext2 file system on /dev/sda1 and
/dev/sdd1, on a partition of at least 256 MB. This partition contains the GRUB
boot loader configuration file and GRUB restricted shell, as well as the Linux kernel
and initial RAM disk files.
A swap partition provides 2048 MB of swap space.
N O T E
Regardless of installed system memory, the current Linux
kernel can only use about 2 GB of swap space per swap
partition. The kernel can address swap partitions on more
than one drive, so it is possible to improve swap
performance on multi-drive systems by using swap
partitions on each installed drive pair. However, for fault
tolerance, always use mirrored swap partitions. See
''Setting Up Internal Disk Storage'' on page 5-2
information.
The root partition comprises 32 GB.
The remainder of the space is an extended partition that includes 36 GB or more
of unused space. This extended partition can be further divided by logical
partitions.
All internal drives used in mirrored RAID arrays in the internal hot-swap drive bays must
have firmware that meets ftServer specifications. Do not update your internal drives
with firmware from sources other than NEC Corporation of America. Contact your
NEC Corporation of America Customer Support Center or your authorized NEC service
representative for your internal SAS (SATA) drive support requirements.
Ethernet Default Configuration
At installation, the 10/100/1000-Megabits per second (Mbps) embedded Ethernet
adapters of each CPU-I/O enclosure are configured. For more information about
configuring Ethernet interfaces, see

USB and RS232C Default Settings

Only the USB keyboard and, optionally, a USB mouse should be attached to the
system during an initial installation of the operating system.
Installing the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software
Table 5-1.
''Ethernet Devices'' on page
Installation Overview
for more
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